Psalms 119:113 (KJV) Worthy of Hatred

 

Psalms 119:113 (KJV)

I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

There are no people worthy of our hatred, but some things are worthy of hatred. One of them is right here.

Vain, empty, useless thoughts.

One might think of a vain thought as thinking about sinful things. That would be included, but it is not exclusively what the idea conveys. It would be any worthless thought. Any thought that causes double-mindedness. It could be pondering foolish questions that gender strifes[1] or vain[2] janglings.[3] It might be something that is idle.[4]

• Vain thoughts rob the mind of time in God’s Word
• Vain thoughts occupy a space that would be better used in godliness
• Vain thoughts steal our love for meditation upon holy things

An appropriate response is to hate them. Anything less than hatred of those thoughts will surely allow the mind to entertain them.

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[1] 2 Timothy 2:23 (KJV)
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

[2] Titus 3:9 (KJV)
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

[3] 1 Timothy 1:6 (KJV)
From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

[4] Matthew 12:36 (KJV)
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

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Psalms 119:113 (KJV) Worthy of Hatred